fathom

Plain and simple, this front office should have never been allowed to oversee the rebuild

Agreed, it’s an extremely toxic environment right now. Outside of signing Harper, I see no end in sight to the hostility.

I just hope they have a 305 crew bobblehead night where it’s the lockers of Alonso, Jay and empty locker.

Look at the responses to this tweet.....I'm not sure I've ever seen a fan base so mad. Thank god we have so many fans that those on the waiting list for season tickets will finally be able to purchase them.

You don't think it's damage control because they completely botched the negotiations? That seems a hell of a lot more likely than all of a sudden having a 300 million dollar limit. Also I'm sure Hahn and Kenny think Manny is a better fit on the field. Off the field, I would be stunned if Jerry didn't favor Harper.

It's really amazing (and I don't blame them at all) how hostile the Sox fan base is. Nearly every response to tweets from the Whitesox account is negative.

There's no proof that the Sox leaked the 175 offer, and as frustrating it was to hear Alonso/Jay supposedly speak highly of San Diego, I'm sure that's not the reason Manny went there. Put it this way...if every team was able to offer him the same contract, the Padres and White Sox would probably be in the bottom 10 teams he would have wanted to go to.

Out of curiosity, what has Hahn said that would go against getting Harper?

There are some ridiculous assumptions in this. I say it's just about time to close this thread.

Another homer for Vaughn...stud

Maybe I’m naive, but this is a positive tweet. If the Sox are going after him and don’t want Phillies to think they are a threat....

Would Santana have even won the speed pitch completion at GRF?

Has anyone seen Stott’s swing? Yikes

And Jay is beloved around baseball...that’s a good way to make players hate your organization. He will be traded to the Cubs or Padres by the deadline I’m sure.

This is going to be a fun season

Also said Det and KC were at Abrams’ game, but didn’t mention Sox. They thought Vaughn very much fits the Sox profile.

FG podcast also said that Vaughn has plus hit, plus power to all fields and elite plate discipline. His player comp....Konerko

And that’s what gives some of us hope

I think it was SS2K who said this all along. Once you get an owner interested in an acquisition so prestigious, you never know what happens with their killer instinct. In this case, Fowler and company smelled blood and went for it.

Yes it gets worse if Harper picks the Cubs and it’s revealed Sox were other finalist with a much larger offer.

I agree, I think the calls for Hahn to get fired will pick up after Harper signs elsewhere. He was already an awful GM heading into this offseason, and he's having one of the worst offseason imaginable.

So Rawlings is owned by Seidler Equity Partners, who also are general partners of the Padres. Troll job?

yep, it will be interesting if he gets new ones.

It would be two straight offseasons where a potential core asset wasn’t acquired.

If the Sox were the leakers, every single one of them should be fired https://mobile.twitter.com/Friar_Faithful/status/1099001291001409536